Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 22

पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया । यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā | yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam

Translation

Now, that Highest Puruṣa, O son of Pṛthā, within Whom all beings dwell, by Whom all this is pervaded, is attainable by exclusive devotion.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

puruṣaḥ

spirit

saḥ

He

paraḥ

highest

pārtha

O Pārtha

bhaktyā

by devotion

labhyaḥ

obtainable

tu

indeed

ananyayā

without another (object)

yasyāntaḥsthāni

of whom, inside, stand, thus, they

bhūtāni

beings

yena

by whom

sarvam

all

idam

this

tatam

spread out

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Puruṣa is so called because He rests in the body, or because He is full. Than Him none is higher. He is attained by exclusive devotion, i.e., by jñāna or knowledge of the Self. All the created beings abide within the Puruṣa; for every effect rests within its cause; and by that Puruṣa the whole world is pervaded.